(1729–1796) born Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst Catherine II, Empress of Russia (1762–1796) Works commissioned by her: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) The Infant Hercules c.1785–1789 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents 1786 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg…
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Giuseppe Verdi
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
(1828–1882) Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti The artist’s works: Self-Portrait 1847 National Portrait Gallery, London Ecce Ancilla Domini 1850 Tate Britain, London Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Private collection Study for Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Tate Britain, London Paolo…
Alexandre Dumas, père
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dudley Moore
Peter Boyle
Ava Gardner
(1922–1990) Ava Lavinia Gardner Born December 24 1922 Grabtown, NC (USA) Died January 25 1990 Westminster, London (England) Cause of death Pneumonia Husband (1942-1943) Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) Husband (1945-1946) Artie Shaw (1910-2004) Husband (1951-1957) Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) Boyfriend (1956) Walter Chiari…